Porsche 914 / 6 – Resurrection
This old girl has not been run for years. Adam put the engine in a few months back, but has not had a chance to deal with the ignition until this week. We’re expecting some problems.
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2013 Audi A8L – 3.5 Quarts of Fuel in the Engine Oil – Sacre Bleu!
A few months after getting an oil change, this customer started seeing a “oil level too high” message.
2012 Mercedes Benz C250 – Engine Top-End Rebuild
The engine in this car was originally designed for the C-Coupe from the early 2000s. That was a port-injected, naturally aspirated affair. Now they’ve bolted on a vacuum pump to one cam, a high pressure fuel pump to the other cam, beefed up the timing chain to more than twice its original strength, and put a turbo on it.
1989 Porsche 911 C4 964 – Valve Adjustment after Engine Rebuild
Adam (pictured above) rebuilt this engine 500 miles ago, and now it’s back for a valve adjustment.
Sprinter Repair – Behold! $5,000 in special tools!
What do you do when you’re removing a glow plug in your Sprinter and the darn thing breaks off because it’s seized in the cylinder head? This happens as often as it doesn’t.
2013 Audi A8L – Mystery Whistle
This beautiful flagship sedan would whistle while the engine was running, with poor engine performance.
The oil separator had failed – simple enough.
2003 Dodge Sprinter – Shattered Flex Plate
Here’s something you really don’t see every day. A fragment of steel from the flex plate flew off while the engine was running, and tore into the crankshaft position sensor.
2013 Porsche Boxster S Anthracite Brown Beauty
Just in for scheduled maintenance, there’s nothing wrong with this car, in any way, shape or form. New Pirellis will be installed before she leaves our shop.
I love this Anthracite Brown. Not to be a hater, but Porsche’s Cognac Brown is a bit much, like blackstrap molasses when you could have used Vermont maple syrup.
1970 Porsche 914-6
Porsche billed this car as a two-seater, but it’s more of a 1+1. The passenger seat is barely a real seat.
Production of this flat-6 version was limited to somewhere between 2800 to 3500; there are differing versions according to available Porsche numbers and unofficial sources. Either way, there aren’t many of them now, anywhere.
2006 Mercedes Benz Sprinter 2500 Pulleys: Old vs. New
This rather lengthy video will not be for everyone, unless they’re really interested in belt pulleys.
Old, spent belt pulleys can appear to be ok, even when they’re ready to give up the ghost.
